Description

In this latest MPFT Podcast episode with the Families' Health and Wellbeing 0-19 Service, Caroline talks to Sadie, a children’s respiratory consultant nurse about asthma. The episode covers what asthma is, the symptoms, how it is treated, the importance of Personal Asthma Action Plans and ‘Count it out’ methods.

A transcript of this episode is available to download⁠.

Links & info:

• Families Health and Wellbeing Service 0-19 Health Visiting and School Nursing (mpft.nhs.uk)⁠
• Downloadable ‘Count it Out’ chart - PowerPoint
  Presentation (staffsstokeics.org.uk)
• Children and young people's asthma fact sheet - Transformation Partners in Health and Care
• Asthma + Lung UK (asthmaandlung.org.uk)
• Your child’s asthma action plan | Asthma + Lung UK (asthmaandlung.org.uk)
• How to use your inhaler | Asthma + Lung UK (asthmaandlung.org.uk)
• Schools Training Team - Staffordshire County Council (mpft.nhs.uk)
• Asthma: Just the facts | Health For Teens
• 5 myths about asthma | Health For Teens